Obit of the Day

Obit of the Day: The World’s 4th Oldest Person

Delma Kollar was born on Halloween in 1897. That’s not a typo. William McKinley was President of the United States. She would live to see nineteen more. The airplane flew for the first time when she was five. When women were given the vote, she was 22 years old. Those eyes witnessed history in three different centuries. At the time of her death she was the fourth oldest person in the world. (The oldest is Besse Cooper of Monroe, Georgia. She’s 115.)

Mrs. Kollar is survived by one 87-year old son, six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 11 great-great grandchildren, and one great-great-great grandchild. For those doing the math that is five living generations at one time.

(Image is courtesy of grg.org)

Two other great supercentenarian posts from January: The World’s Oldest Leap Year Baby and The Oldest Sitting Judge in the U.S.